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The Canberra Raiders have bounced back from their first defeat of the year by trouncing the St George Dragons by 30 points at home.

After a painful defeat to the Eels last round, Canberra came out firing and led from start to finish in this comprehensive win.

“It was a real challenge for the boys to bounce back this week against the Dragons,” Coach Adam Kyle said. “It was a great win but it wasn't the result we were worried about, we just wanted to see the boys learn from the past weeks errors.

“If we can continue to learn week in week out then that's all we can ask.”

The side well and truly conveyed to Kyle that the relevant flaws in last week’s performance had been amended.

Canberra raced out to an 18-0 half-time lead before closing out the match 38-8.

“The boys really worked hard last week at training and we tried to focus on completing sets and staying composed with the footy,” Kyle said. “It was probably the best first half completion rate that we have had this season.”

Despite having a backline stocked with some of the competition’s most elusive players, the forwards were rewarded with the majority of tries in this encounter.

Dynamic back-rower Matt Lyons and smart dummy half Sam Finnegan stood out for the Green Machine with the pair each registering two tries apiece.

Whilst Kyle was proud of the way the boys bounced back from the Round 5 loss, he still believes there is plenty of improvement left in the team as they approach the semi-finals.

“Our defence still needs work,” Kyle maintained. “We have a great attitude with our defence and the more we work on it the better it will be. We pride ourselves on defence so it's a key target for us to keep improving.”

The comprehensive victory sees the Raiders maintain their position at second place on the Harold Matthews ladder.